This Microsoft Outlook update finally brings emails into the 21st century

Date:
Thu, 13 Oct 2022 13:03:14 +0000

Description:
Microsoft Outlook users will very soon be able to react to messages,
hopefully eliminating the dreaded reply to all chain.

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Microsoft has unveiled plans for a new Outlook feature thats set to blur the boundaries between traditional emails and more modern chat services.

A post on the companys roadmap has revealed Outlook for Windows: Reactions, where users on Windows machines will be able to thumbs up, laugh, heart, celebrate, or shed a tear in reaction to emails.

The email client hopes this will allow you to apply your sentiment and see
the reaction of others in emails in Outlook without sending or receiving incremental emails, because weve all been in a chain of unintentional reply
to alls. Outlook reactions and tapbacks

According to the post, these new tapbacks could arrive as early as this
month. Currently still in the development and testing stage, Microsoft is yet to roll out and launch this update to Outlook.

Microsoft has already played with reactions in its other communication services. Teams users can already pick from any number of emojis when a full reply is not needed. Read more

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Filed away in other notes on the site for upcoming Microsoft features are the same descriptions for web browsers and Macs, as well as iOS and Android, all with the same October 2022 target date for launch.

Elsewhere, the company is expanding its reactions for Teams chat users on all devices, opening up more than 800 emojis.

Despite the heavy uptake of instant messaging-type communications platforms, Microsoft remains committed to the trusty email which still has its place for external communications and sensitive information.

Over on the Beta channel, the computer maker is playing with cloud settings for email signatures, which for now are limited to Windows devices. This long awaited feature is designed to maintain signature settings beyond just one instance, which is good news for hot deskers and multi-computer users. These are the best online collaboration tools - including Office 365



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